Loading device for particulate material

Abstract

The present invention relates to a loading device for loading particulate material, comprising a body with a first opening and a second opening, wherein a gasket is arranged at the first opening. The present invention also relates to a mixing device with a loading device according to the invention and a method of loading particulate material using the loading device according to the invention.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A loading device for loading particulate material, comprising a body with a first opening and a second opening and a T-joint with two top openings inside the loading device and a bottom opening outside the loading device, wherein a gasket is arranged at the first opening, the body is attached to an exhaust pipe, and the bottom opening is attached to the exhaust pipe. 
     
     
       2. The loading device according to  claim 1 , further comprising an element, wherein the gasket is arranged between the body and the element. 
     
     
       3. The loading device according to  claim 1 , wherein the body comprises a lip, which forms the boundary around the first opening. 
     
     
       4. The loading device according to  claim 3 , wherein the element is attached to the body via the lip. 
     
     
       5. The loading device according to  claim 1 , wherein the gasket is flexible and comprises rubber, silicone, cork, neoprene, nitrile rubber and/or polytetrafluoroethylene. 
     
     
       6. The loading device according to  claim 1 , wherein the T-joint is located in the top half of the body under a lip, which forms a boundary around the first opening. 
     
     
       7. The loading device according to  claim 1 , wherein the top section of the T-joint is attached to the body, with the two openings directed to the sidewall of the body. 
     
     
       8. The loading device according to  claim 1 , wherein a spike protrudes through the first opening. 
     
     
       9. The loading device according to  claim 1 , wherein a second container is fixable to the body around the second opening. 
     
     
       10. The loading device according to  claim 9 , wherein the second container is a shotcrete mixing device. 
     
     
       11. The loading device according to  claim 1 , wherein the particulate matter is selected from lime silicate, calcium silicate, Portland cement, sand, silica, alumina, magnesia, calcium oxide zirconia, carbides, nitrides, borides, silicates, graphite, amorphous carbon, silicon carbide, aluminium silicates, chromium oxide, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
       12. A mixing device comprising a loading device according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
       13. A method of loading particulate material comprising:
 a) placing a first container with particulate material on the first opening of the loading device according to  claim 1 ; and 
 b) transferring the particulate material into a second container attached to the second opening of the loading device.